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Employee Benefit Plans
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]  
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]
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Employee Benefit Plans

Domestic Operations

Net periodic benefit cost for the domestic pension and other postretirement benefit plans included the following components (in millions):
 
Three-Month Periods
 
Ended March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
Pension:
 
 
 
Service cost
$
8

 
$
6

Interest cost
33

 
22

Expected return on plan assets
(41
)
 
(30
)
Net amortization
11

 
15

Net periodic benefit cost
$
11

 
$
13

 
 
 
 
Other postretirement:
 
 
 
Service cost
$
3

 
$
3

Interest cost
11

 
8

Expected return on plan assets
(13
)
 
(10
)
Net amortization
(1
)
 
1

Net periodic benefit cost
$

 
$
2



Employer contributions to the domestic pension and other postretirement benefit plans are expected to be $48 million and $5 million, respectively, during 2014. As of March 31, 2014, $9 million and $- million of contributions had been made to the domestic pension and other postretirement benefit plans, respectively.

Foreign Operations

Net periodic benefit cost for the United Kingdom pension plan included the following components (in millions):
 
Three-Month Periods
 
Ended March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
6

 
$
5

Interest cost
24

 
21

Expected return on plan assets
(31
)
 
(25
)
Net amortization
13

 
14

Net periodic benefit cost
$
12

 
$
15



Employer contributions to the United Kingdom pension plan are expected to be £56 million during 2014. As of March 31, 2014, £14 million, or $23 million, of contributions had been made to the United Kingdom pension plan.